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Tornado Warning 46, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jul 2, 2011, 6:43 PM MDT for Yuma County, Colorado. It was in force for 17 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 2, 2011, 6:43 PM MDT (00:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 2011, 7:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 17 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Yuma County, CO
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 7:01 PM MDT | HAIL 1.75 | 3 S Abarr, CO |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 3:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 49 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 920 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -98 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2294 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
839 WFUS53 KGLD 030043 TORGLD COC125-030115- /O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0046.110703T0043Z-110703T0115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 643 PM MDT SAT JUL 2 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WEST CENTRAL YUMA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO... * UNTIL 715 PM MDT * AT 638 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ABARR...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ABARR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 3989 10253 3964 10260 3972 10281 3995 10281 TIME...MOT...LOC 0043Z 288DEG 8KT 3981 10277 HAIL 1.25IN $$ FOLTZ
2 follow-up statements
923 WWUS53 KGLD 030051 SVSGLD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 651 PM MDT SAT JUL 2 2011 COC125-030115- /O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0046.000000T0000Z-110703T0115Z/ YUMA CO- 651 PM MDT SAT JUL 2 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL YUMA COUNTY UNTIL 715 PM MDT... AT 647 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ABARR...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF WESTERN YUMA COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW. && LAT...LON 3975 10276 3991 10274 3986 10254 3968 10259 TIME...MOT...LOC 0051Z 291DEG 14KT 3983 10269 HAIL 1.25IN $$ FOLTZ
875 WWUS53 KGLD 030100 SVSGLD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 700 PM MDT SAT JUL 2 2011 COC125-030109- /O.CAN.KGLD.TO.W.0046.000000T0000Z-110703T0115Z/ YUMA CO- 700 PM MDT SAT JUL 2 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL YUMA COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA UNTIL 715 PM MDT. ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT. LAT...LON 3975 10276 3991 10274 3986 10254 3968 10259 TIME...MOT...LOC 0059Z 291DEG 14KT 3982 10265 $$ FOLTZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 6:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 36 min |
| Jul 2, 6:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 65 min |
| Jul 2, 6:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 32 min |
| Jul 2, 6:20 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 25 min |
| Jul 2, 6:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 37 min |
| Jul 2, 7:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson, Yuma | 23 min |
| Jul 2, 7:09 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Yuma | 4 hr |
| Jul 2, 7:31 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 3 hr |
| Jul 2, 10:05 PM MDT | High Wind Warning | GLD | Yuma | 98 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.